The Providence Christian Academy LIONS will take on the Friendship Christian Commanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Providence Christian Academy: 14.3, Friendship Christian: 9.5) so any points scored will be well earned.
Providence Christian Academy will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 20) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged King's Academy out 17-14.
Meanwhile, Friendship Christian had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-7 win over the Cougars at home. Considering the Commanders have won three matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Car'Lando Barton, who rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making six total tackles.
Friendship Christian's defense stepped up as well, laying out Briggs Boyd. five times. Hayden Holleman was especially locked on to Middle Tennessee Christian's QB and sacked him three times. Holleman also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 17.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Friendship Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Middle Tennessee Christian only rushed for 48.
Providence Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Friendship Christian, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2.
Providence Christian Academy was dealt a bruising 41-3 defeat at the hands of Friendship Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Providence Christian Academy, Tyson Wolcott (who rushed for 277 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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